The winners of the Nero Book Awards have been announced. The awards celebrate the best writing of the year in the UK and Ireland in four categories: children’s fiction, fiction, debut fiction and nonfiction. The winners of the categories then compete to win the Gold Prize Book of the Year. Below is the winner and other finalists for the Children’s Fiction category:

WINNER

My Soul, a Shining Tree by Jamila Gavin

SHORTLISTED TITLES

Dragonborn by Struan Murray (available in US)

People Like Stars by Patrice Lawrence

Shrapnel Boys by Jenny Pearson